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Introduction This post is the twenty-fourth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series are: Goodwill, Negative and Positive Visions, Quests, Missions Right, Wrong, and Style Follow Me Balance, Part 1 Balance, Part...
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Pardon me, sir. Do I have a dog in this fight? Do I have a dog in this Fight? If I did, it'd be the Warner Brothers Barnyard Dog. After my term of service on the PASS board of directors ended in December of 2009, I fully intended to stay far, far out...
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The upcoming book Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010: Give Your Data Meaning that I wrote with Marco is its final stage. You can see the final update through the “ Rough Cuts ” initiative by O’Reilly. The book will be available in bookstores in the first...
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"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." - Milton Friedman...
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I am honored to present Some Thoughts on Managing Teams at the Fall 24 Hours of PASS event 15 - 16 Sep 2010. Are you a member of a team of database professionals? Are you part of a developer team? Do you manage or lead a team? This presentation is for...
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When I am asked how I got to where I am in my career, or how to make the transition to being a DBA, I usually have to think about my answer before I respond. I realize that most people won’t be able to follow the same path that I took to get where...
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Of course, the one not to miss is the one I’m doing, on Fixing Queries with Advanced T-SQL Techniques , but actually, they’re all excellent. For example, Simon’s just blogged that Buck Woody’s seminar topic has changed . Instead of being on career development,...
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We have added a new sample solution to our samples package on CodePlex . This sample uses the StreamInsight extensibility framework to implement a pattern detection application. The solution can be found in Applications\PatternDetector contains - apart...
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I've been reading a fascinating article about the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC facility. It's a scientific research facility that houses a particle collider, which generates an incredible amount of data. Their original plan was to stream the data to...
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Introduction Andy Waren ( Blog | @sqlAndy ), Jack Corbett ( Blog | @unclebiguns ), and Kendall Van Dyke ( Blog | @SQLDBA ) have been busy. They're working on SQLRally - a regional PASS event scheduled for May 2011 in Orlando. Andy does a good job explaining...
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It is common that vendors ask for permission to create databases (or they applications need to create database) on your servers and most of DBAs I have seen immediately grant them dbCreator server role. But they are not aware that members of that role...
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Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [ My original interview | PASS Elections Portal ] Andy Warren [ My original interview | PASS Elections Portal ] Douglas McDowell [ My original interview...
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Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [ My original interview | PASS Elections Portal ] Andy Warren [ My original interview | PASS Elections Portal ] Douglas McDowell [ My original interview...
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Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [ My original interview | PASS Elections Portal ] Andy Warren [ My original interview | PASS Elections Portal ] Douglas McDowell [ My original interview...
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Summary: A detailed look at costing, and more undocumented optimizer fun. The SQL Server query optimizer generates a number of physical plan alternatives from a logical requirement expressed in T-SQL. If full cost-based optimization is required,...
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I saw a thread on the SSIS forum today that went something like this: I have the following dataset: AccountNo Date DailyMovement 00000001 28/08/2010 10 00000001 29/08/2010 5 00000001 30/08/2010 7 00000002 28/08/2010 8 00000002 29/08/2010 6 for which I...
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Two more eligible developers and deserving projects have been selected. Any proposals submitted but not selected this time will be reconsidered at each upcoming award cycle. (Refer to this to review the award criteria, details, and benefits.) In no order...
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I received an email from someone who’s trying to decide whether or not to register for my precon at SQLBits 7 next month. He’s already coming to the event (which should be a given for anyone who can make it), but he was trying to work out a few things...
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Well, we only just managed to squeek it into August but the articles for the August edition of SolidQ Journal are now on our global website. You'll find them here: http://www.solidq.com/sqj/Pages/Home.aspx I'm really looking forward to reading some of...
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In my last couple of posts I’ve mentioned a new world of work environment put forth by the Gartner Group’s Tom Austin, with a few additions from my own perceptions. I’ve mentioned “swarming” and that we deal with more unique...
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